Now compilers can recognize fatal() never returns.
While GCC 4.5 dropped support for -Wunreachable-code, Clang is capable
of detecting the unreachable code.
$ make HOSTCC=clang HOSTCFLAGS=-Wunreachable-code-return
[snip]
HOSTCC scripts/mod/modpost.o
scripts/mod/modpost.c:520:11: warning: 'return' will never be executed [-Wunreachable-code-return]
return 0;
^
scripts/mod/modpost.c:477:10: warning: 'return' will never be executed [-Wunreachable-code-return]
return 0;
^
2 warnings generated.